James Sun, Karthikeyan Neelamegam Ganesh, Istvan Darok, and Elijah Price won the regional final of the UK Mathematics Trust Team Maths Challenge Regional Final with an incredible full marks

Mathematicians from Reading School in East Reading have calculated their way to the final of a national competition.

James Sun, 14, Karthikeyan Neelamegam Ganesh, 14, Istvan Darok, 12, and Elijah Price, 13, who all go to the school in Erleigh Road, won the regional final of the UK Mathematics Trust Team Maths Challenge Regional Final at Wycombe High School on March 11, with an incredible full marks.

The boys, who are all in years Eight and Nine, will now travel to the Royal Horticultural Halls in Westminster for the national final on June 23.

They will be asked to complete various tasks including shuttles, where they work against the clock in a relay-style race; a group circus of practical maths problems; and a poster competition based on a mathematical subject.

A total of 80 schools qualified for the final, out of the 1,600 that entered the competition.

Maths teacher Simon Bywater said: “The boys should be very proud of their team effort in the completion. This is first time a team from Reading School ever to have scored full marks in this competition, so they are to be congratulated.”